conclusion of the argument

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conclusion of the argument

by gmatnmein2010 » Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:12 pm
While 65% of the eligible voters who were recently polled favor Perkins over Samuels in the coming election, the results of that poll are dubious because it was not based on a representative sample. Given that Perkins predominately advocates the interests of the upper-middle class and that the survey was conducted at high-priced shopping malls, it is quite probably that Perkin's supporters were overrepresented.

Which one of the following statements most accurately expresses the main conclusion of the argument?

A) The poll was intentionally designed to favor Perkins over Samuels.

B) Samuel's supporters believe that they were probably not adequately represented in the poll.

C) The poll's results probably do not accurately represent the opinions of the voters in the coming election.

D) Samuels is quite likely to have a good chance of winning the coming election.

E) Those who designed the poll should have considered more carefully where to conduct the survey.
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by thephoenix » Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:17 pm
summary of the stimulus: Recently polled voters favor Perkins over Samuels in the coming election but those results aren't representative of the electorate because the poll was conducted in a demographic area that would favor Perkins.

conclusion: Therefore, the poll doesn't represent the views of all voters in the coming election.

A) This may or may not be true but there is no information about whether it was intentionally designed to favor Perkins.

B) Maybe ... but the stimulus doesn't say this. Without information about what Samuels' supporters believe we cannot infer this answer choice.

C) This is the right answer. It isn't too strong but basically summarizes the premises.

D) The stimulus doesn't say anything about Samuels chances.

E) Irrelevant.

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by patanjali.purpose » Mon Mar 05, 2012 3:11 pm
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